Question

Read the excerpt from Notes of a Native Son

A few hours after my father's funeral, while he lay in state in the undertaker's chapel, a race riot broke out in
Harlem. On the morning of the 3rd of August, we drove my father to the graveyard through a wilderness of
smashed plate glass.
Baldwin describes a personal event taking place amid a race riot to
symbolize his detachment from the racial prejudice existing in society.
emphasize his amazement with the events taking place around him.
O symbolize the destructive impact racial prejudice has on individual lives
emphasize the contrast between his father's experiences and his own

Answer 1

C on Edge or Symbolize the destructive impact racial prejudice has on individual lives.

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Answer 2

Answer: symbolize the destructive impact racial prejudice has on individual lives.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the excerpt, after the funeral of Baldwin's father, there was a race riot that broke out in Harlem and this resulted in the smashed plate glass that was seen when his father was taken to the graveyard.

In this case, Baldwin describes a personal event taking place amid a race riot to symbolize the destructive impact that racial prejudice has on the lives of individual.